Transformers Generations SELECTS Snaptrap Revealed?

Thanks to a tip off from fellow Seibertron user, Sjeng, an image has surfaced from a yet as unknown, Japanese magazine. This image shows none other then Snaptrap!

He's presumably a Voyager Class as he appears to be a heavy retool of Power of the Primes Hun-Grr. While this certainty looks legit (reinforced by the just visible and recently announced Generations Selects Smokescreen on the right hand side) take this news with a pinch of salt until we can confirm the source of the image.

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Technically, the toy's name is "Turtler", which is interesting since all of the previous toys shared between Hasbro and Takara as part of the brand unification have used the Hasbro names in both markets. Here, though, Turtler is the original Takara name, suggesting that this, like Star Convoy, is all Takara's idea being done without Hasbro's input, and may only see an imported Takara-packaged release by Hasbro on Hasbro Pulse, rather than a proper Hasbro-packaged release.

Only CW team I skipped on are the techno bots... this might be the 2nd due to costs. Have the g1 reissued lot I had acquired a few years back and they're a bit meh tbh.. obviously colour pics and completion sake might push me... but it's more a no than a yay at the mo.

I love combiners so having a more obscure one to collect over time would be fun... but the Seacons’ colors are so ugly. I like the TFCC version and God Neptune WAY more than the standard colors. We’ll have to see how they end up looking in color for me to decide on them.

Vic Zanzibar wrote:I love combiners so having a more obscure one to collect over time would be fun... but the Seacons’ colors are so ugly. I like the TFCC version and God Neptune WAY more than the standard colors. We’ll have to see how they end up looking in color for me to decide on them.

That's even if the other limbs do get made. For something like this, Takara would have likely shown off the whole combiner at once to really hype up the set. But here, it's only one figure by itself. Unless it's all we're getting, for Takara to show off just one component alone is unusual.

Sabrblade wrote:That's even if the other limbs do get made. For something like this, Takara would have likely shown off the whole combiner at once to really hype up the set. But here, it's only one figure by itself. Unless it's all we're getting, for Takara to show off just one component alone is unusual.

I agree in some aspects however...the *brand unification* has definitely lead to some oddities. With CW & PotP, Hasbro would sell some as sets (Obviously the titan Class devastator and Predaking as Examples), and some as mostly online exclusives such as Computron, the G2 sets, and Liokaiser, and all the others were sold as individual components.

Using the original Japanese name is different, but showing him off as an individual is not unprecedented, as this is how the PotP Dinobots and Terrorcons were sold even through as a result of the previously mentioned brand unification.

What this tells me is, sadly, it seems there wont be a super-cool UW stylized box set for this release, which again is a real shame. But I've been wrong plenty times before. Just getting Piranacon/King Poseidon fulfills a huge wish for me personally, getting the box set would just be the icing on the cake, though it isn't absolutely necessary. The PotP Dinobots & Terrorcons have long been speculated as easily capable of being retooled for Deluxe Seacons, I cant wait to see what they come up with. Additionally, if they are going for the fences, it may be taking some extra time to develop a 6th member and a weapon mode for each deluxe if they are going for super original accuracy...

Sabrblade wrote:That's even if the other limbs do get made. For something like this, Takara would have likely shown off the whole combiner at once to really hype up the set. But here, it's only one figure by itself. Unless it's all we're getting, for Takara to show off just one component alone is unusual.

I agree in some aspects however...the *brand unification* has definitely lead to some oddities. With CW & PotP, Hasbro would sell some as sets (Obviously the titan Class devastator and Predaking as Examples), and some as mostly online exclusives such as Computron, the G2 sets, and Liokaiser, and all the others were sold as individual components.

Only POTP was affected by the brand unification. Those CW sets had nothing to do with the it.

And Titan class figures all have to be one set to justify the Titan class pricepoint in the first place.

o.supreme wrote:Using the original Japanese name is different, but showing him off as an individual is not unprecedented, as this is how the PotP Dinobots and Terrorcons were sold even through as a result of the previously mentioned brand unification.

Except that this Turtler figure isn't like the POTP Combiners in that regard. It's a Takara-initiated product unbound by the same release standards as the POTP Combiners were beholden to by the brand unification. Since Hasbro was releasing the POTP Combiner pieces individually, the brand unification required Takara to do the same with their releases. Turtler, however, wouldn't have such restrictions that we can see, as Takara has had a history of being much more lenient and flexible with the budgets of their releases, both packaging-wise and mold/deco-wise. Meaning that if Takara wants to make a full blown King Poseidon out of this, there shouldn't be any obligations for them to have not shown the whole thing off at once, rather than just advertising Turtler alone as a single piece.

I suspect we'll have an answer either way soon. If turtler is the only one, it could be that Takara didn't feel like they should do the others without being able to do the target master aspect. It could also be that they are doing the seacons as a very slow release. We simply don't have enough information at this time, unless someone can translate that text in the picture (assuming it's not like just announcing the name

Well this is fun!
Just a hunch, but since snappy there comes with the breast plate for the combined mode(even has the little flip out wings), I'd bet the rest of the team are on the table. Don't see why they wouldn't do that. Takara doesn't tend to do things like Betatron, or what ever Hasbro called the sparkless effort at an odd release of Scattershot. But who can really say?

I do wonder though if the Seacon limbs will all be retools, or if there would be any new molds?

Even with Scattershot however, we eventually got 2 unique Computron's . There's not been a Combiner Team Leader/ Voyager released yet for a specific team, that didn't eventually get the other team members.

Well that is a plenty surprise to see on a Monday morning. I'm betting everything that Takara has plans for an entire Seacon combiner, but it's entertaining you guys throwing rules around about how a corporate toy company operates, which has regular shifts with how things operate and are marketed.

o.supreme wrote:Even with Scattershot however, we eventually got 2 unique Computron's . There's not been a Combiner Team Leader/ Voyager released yet for a specific team, that didn't eventually get the other team members.

Hasbro's galvatronus? I'd consider him to be distinct from Takara's Grand Galvaltron

Wouldn't it be funny if Takara did Snappy here and two of the other limbs, then Hasbro finished it off with the last two I mean you'll be able to get them from the same place regardless

o.supreme wrote:Even with Scattershot however, we eventually got 2 unique Computron's . There's not been a Combiner Team Leader/ Voyager released yet for a specific team, that didn't eventually get the other team members.

Hasbro's galvatronus? I'd consider him to be distinct from Takara's Grand Galvaltron

Wouldn't it be funny if Takara did Snappy here and two of the other limbs, then Hasbro finished it off with the last two I mean you'll be able to get them from the same place regardless

CW Cyclonus was not part of a specific team, he was meant to be combined with anyone, thus there were no missing Limbs. All the same though, I am so glad for UW-06, which meant I didn't have to get Hasbro's Cyclonus.

While we're at it, we should have all future Optimus Prime figures in the Purple, Black and Grey colour palette of SG. Alternatively, let's see characters that haven't had a new toy in THREE DECADES paid homage respectfully, like everyone else before whining about the colour scheme?

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